User Object

Note

Fields marked with asterisk (*) are optional.

User Object Properties

Value

Type

Description

id*

string

Your unique ID for this user. The User ID can be a maximum of 50 characters.

buyeruid*

string

The BidSwitch ID for this user. For in-app traffic the lowercase IDFA, or Android ID is used. For example, "38f72eaf-5d6f-4143-824f-deaf753d7239". The User ID can be a maximum of 50 characters.

keywords*

string

Comma separated list of keywords, interests, or intent, for example, Cars, sports, vacation. Only one of ‘keywords’ or ‘kwarray’ may be present.

kwarray*

array of strings

Array of keywords about the user. Only one of ‘keywords’ or ‘kwarray’ may be present.

data*

array of objects

Additional data. Each data object represents a different data source, for more information, see the Data Object section.

customdata*

string

Optional feature to pass bidder data that was set in the exchange’s cookie. The string must be in base85 cookie safecharacters and be in any format. Proper JSON encoding must be used to include “escaped” quotation marks.

consent*

string

The binary encoding scheme that is passed in base64 URL/web safe format known as daisybit, e.g. "Y29uc2VudCBkYXRh"

The data stored in the consent string is divided into 3 parts: metadata, the purposes for which the user has given consent, and to which vendors this consent was given.

The Supplier should pass this information to Buyers to ensure they can bid appropriately in their responses. For more information see the following links:

eids*

array of objects

Contains the Extended identifiers object, see the Extended Identifiers section for details

ext*

object

See User Ext Object

User Ext Object

User Ext Object Properties

Value

Type

Description

impdepth*

int

The count of impressions for a specific placement type in a given app session. The impression depth is reset once the session ends, e.g 2

sessionduration*

int

The total duration of time a user has spent so far in a specific app session expressed in seconds. For example, a user has been playing Word Game for 45 seconds, e.g. 45

consented_providers_settings*

object

Passes a set of IDs corresponding to providers for whom the publisher has provided user consent using Google vendor list. See the Consented Provider Settings

Consented Provider Settings

Consented Providers

Value

Type

Description

consented_providers

array of integers

Set of IDs corresponding to providers for whom the publisher has provided user consent using Google vendor list. A mapping of provider ID to provider name is posted at https://storage.googleapis.com/adx-rtb-dictionaries/providers.csv

Extended Identifiers

Supports the official Open RTB community extension for passing multiple third party user identifiers, see the official Extended Identifiers spec for more details.

This object passes any additional User IDs a Supplier, Consent Management Platform (CMP), Data Management Platform (DMP), or BidSwitch may have for a user. There is a number of identity solutions that provide IDs for users that are not based on 3rd party data, and many of these solution providers extend their first-party data as offerings that can be used to offset the decline of 3rd party cookies.

BidSwitch and many of our partners support these offerings and have build systems to collate, map, and make these IDs available to Buyers, who can use them to improve the robustness of targeted advertising. When the appropriate consent is in place (e.g CCPA, GDPR) BidSwitch passes all and any correctly set ID in this field. The following IDs are the most commonly sent through BidSwitch, but if you are looking for a particular ID in requests, you should check the source value to identify it. You can find a more extensive list of possible IDs on the Prebid User ID Module page

Note

  • The LiveRamp ID is encrypted and only enabled for certain Buyers that have the business contracts in place to decrypt and use this ID, contact support@bidswitch.com if you are a LiveRamp partner.

  • The LiveIntent ID is only available to certain Buyers to whom LiveIntent wish to grant usage rights.

eids Object Properties

Value

Type

Description

source

string

(Required) Source or technology provider responsible for the set of included IDs. Expressed as a top-level domain. BidSwitch includes the following IDs when available.

  • The Trade Desk backed Unified ID passed using "adserver.org" for v1.0 and as "uidapi.com" for v2.0.

  • id5 passed using "id5-sync.com"

  • The LiveIntent ID passed using "liveintent.com"

  • IDL passed using "liveramp.com"

  • SharedID passed using "sharedid.org"

uids

array of objects

(Required) Passes the User IDs matched from the given provider.

uids Object

uids Object Properties

Value

Type

Description

id

string

(Required) The User ID with this provider.

atype

int

(Optional) The type of user agent the match is from.

  • 1 An ID which is tied to a specific web browser or device (cookie-based, probabilistic, or other).

  • 2 In-app impressions, which will typically contain a type of device ID (or rather, the privacy-compliant versions of device IDs).

  • 3 A person-based ID, i.e., that is the same across devices.

  • 500+ Vendor-specific codes.

User Object Example

{
  "user":{
    "id":"45asdf987656789adfad4678rew656789",
    "buyeruid":"1234567890",
    "keywords":"sports, entertainment",
    "consent":"Y29uc2VudCBkYXRh",
    "eids":[
      {
        "source":"adserver.org",
        "uids":[
          {
            "id":"zzz123",
            "atype":1
          },
          {
            "id":"DB700403-9A24-4A4B-A8D5-8A0B4BE777D2",
            "atype":2
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "source":"liveintent.com",
        "uids":[
          {
            "id":"IPl4zj44RhezVyNE83bYfogYRN6W8LaCy3USy8dPQ==",
            "atype":3
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "source":"liveramp.com",
        "uids":[
          {
            "id":"0db20294a3908612bc7e732c2022095391074cf3"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "ext":{
    "ug":1,
    "cookie_age":15,
    "consented_providers_settings":{
      "consented_providers":[
        1791
      ]
    }
  }
}